Solitary Duckbill Eel
Nettastoma solitarium
- Usual depth398–790 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust and November
- How commonRare
About this species
The solitary duckbill eel is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae. It was described by Peter H. J. Castle and David G. Smith in 1981. It is a marine, deep-water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Kyushu–Palau Ridge, the Philippines, Australia, and the Hawaiian Islands. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 415 to 610 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 46.5 centimetres (18.3 in).
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 398–790 m · Deepest record: 815 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Solitary Duckbill Eel
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Nisekuzuanago, ニセクズアナゴ
- Simplified Chinese
- 前鼻絲鰻(前鼻鴨嘴鰻), 前鼻鴨嘴鰻, 絲仔鰻
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 56 open-data records from 1961 to 2010.
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